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Random Thoughts for July 2023
Random Thoughts for July 2023
Robert A. Hall
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Blogspot stopped publishing my “Random Thoughts”
because, after 10 years, it violated their “community standards.” Also, they
wouldn’t publish a list of my books. Both denials came back instantly. Must
have key words in its algorithm. Several news stories have been unpublished for
the same reason.
Update: They stopped unpublishing my posts for
violations of “Community Standards.” I don’t know why. Been trying to
understand WordPress, but despite buying a book, I’m making small progress. We
shall see. If I go to a new blog, I will keep you posted. Meanwhile the current
one www.tartanmatrine.blogspot.com is working.
I will be shopping less on Amazon. I bought an item
that didn’t work as advertised. Then I discovered it had to be returned through
Whole Foods, about an hour’s drive with traffic to the other side of Madison. I
went through hell getting a UPS label. I won’t buy anything that might have to
be returned.
Our PayPal account was hacked. There were several charges on my credit card for orders from PayPal to Walmart. I called
both and think I got through voicemail hell. Also told my credit card company
the charges were bogus. The cancelled my card; sending me knew ones. Walmart informed
me my items were shipped to Owasso, OK and Hildalgo, TX. I wrote the police
department in both towns. The Owasso PD informed me the address was outside
town, and the Kenneth that two items were shipped to had died last year. The
Owasso PD has been great at follow up. He said scammers often ship to empty
houses to make collection easier. I could file a complaint with the Sheriff but
would have to file an identity theft charge here to get them to take action. Nothing
from Hidalgo, TX. Sigh.
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I asked a cute
girl, not yet nine, in one of my Chess Summer Camps, what she wanted to be when
she grew up. She said, “A chess teacher like you.” It was a lovely compliment,
but I told her she should find something to make more money and do chess on the
side.
What makes companies think that their customers want
the woke agenda shoved down their throats?
Tee shirt: “You know that little thing inside your
head that tells you when you shouldn’t say something? Yea, I don’t have one of
those.”
“You will be amazed at how many big U.S. and
multinational corporations who are enthusiastically celebrating “Pride Month”
have significant operations in countries that criminalize homosexuality. It’s
not just China and Saudi Arabia, and it’s not just manufacturing in countries
such as Pakistan or Indonesia. No, you’re going to be flabbergasted by which
particularly controversial company at this moment has operations running in . .
. Uganda, which just enacted what are probably the most anti-gay
criminal laws on the planet. Corporate America gets to market to LGBT consumers
stateside, and then turn around and make a bundle in some of the most anti-gay
countries in the world, and apparently everyone is just fine with this systemic
hypocrisy.” ~ Jim Geraghty
Tee shirt suggestion: Straight, White, Christian,
Male. My life matters as much as yours.
Friday Fish fry is an institution in the Midwest.
Saw this tee shirt on a waitress: Thank Cod it’s Fryday.
Is charisma more important than ability? We know
race is.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be
our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter
the state of facts and evidence." ~ John Adams (1770)
“Start where you are, use what you have, do what you
can.” ~ Patriot Post
“It is
impossible to eradicate all errors from obstinate minds at a stroke; and
whoever wishes to climb to a mountaintop climbs step by step." ~ Pope
Gregory to St. Augustine, c597
Tee shirt: “Every time I think things can’t get
worse, there’s an election.”
“War is an
ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of
moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much
worse.” ~ John Stuart Mill
“During discussion the other
night one of the women, clearly a person of color, asked for the definition of
white culture. So, I started thinking…what are those things that apparently the
woke reject as racist or demonstrations of whiteness? Here’s my list: Getting
the right answer, exemplified by math being labeled as racist. Being polite,
such as holding doors open, and saying please and thank you. Being prompt or on
time. Using a trash can. Valuing education. Valuing the nuclear family. I
believe the woman who asked the question noted the white value of materialism,
yet she ignored the rampant looting of stores.” ~ GS
“Only in Washington-speak
is keeping spending the same considered a cut.” ~ National Review.
"The foundation of national morality must be laid in
private families." ~ John Adams (1778
“When politics enters the room, principles often fly out
the window.” ~ Diana Gabaldron, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade.
“Few men are brave; many can be made so by care and
the force of discipline.” ~ Vegetius
I had to get on the Internet through my laptop. The
log-in wasn’t cooperating. I had to call tech support at TP-Link. The guy there
was very patient working through my problems to get me on-line. Five stars.
I hate voice mail. Companies drone on while you just
want a person.
Like anger, ideology is a bad master.
The FBI is now Biden’s Staatspolizi.
Son: Dad, I know about Silly putty. But is there
Serious Putty?
Dad: Son, let me tell you about C4. From the Net.
At Costco I saw both peanut Butter Whiskey and Cookie
Dough Whiskey. I assume they had a really bad batch of bad whiskey and had to
put that stuff in it to make it sell.
With some people you think they threw out the baby
and kept the placenta.
“Nuns have three vows that they take when they join
their religious order: chastity, poverty,
and obedience.” I’d make a bad nun.
“The difference between us: You think the people of
this country exist to provide you with position. I think your positions exists
to provide those people with Freedom. And I go to make sure they have it!” ~
William Wallace.
I’m surprised the media didn’t blame the titanic
sightseeing sub implosion on Trump.
“In those wretched Countries where a Man cannot call
his Tongue his own, he can scarce call any Thing else his own.” ~ Ben
Franklin
I must have missed all the stories about women who
transitioned to male fighting to use the men’s restroom.
“When it hits the fan, nobody calls the pronoun
people for help.” ~ From a meme
“Agreeing to allow more Federal debt is pretty much
Washington’s definition of a bi-partisan agreement.” ~ National Review
(Dad) “knew that the bast way to prevent a boy from
becoming a predator was to raise him as a protector.” ~ Robert P. George
“If you have something to say, silence is a lie.” ~
Dr. Jorden Peterson
“Inside every progressive is a totalitarian
screaming to get out.” ~ David Horowitz.
Civilization, freedom, progress, prosperity—none of
these are the normal order of things. We had to create them. And WOKE will kill
them.
Affirmative action is systemic racism.
Earlier generations of Americans would be appalled
at the bureaucratic regulations that govern our lives.
*****
Email from a retired professor: Your book of quotations
arrived and I plunged right into it! Yes, the section on guns was one if the
first things that I read. You have compiled an impressive set of wise comments.
Bravo.
*****
Quotes for the Conservative Heart: Ideas as Weapons of Defense
Print $9.99:
Kindle $2.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B576XFSX?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Quotes for the Conservative Heart is a collection of over 1,900
quotes, thoughts, and adages that will make you think (which may be an
uncomfortable experience), which will help you defend yourself against ad
hominin attacks, and which will help your writing and speaking. They will
inspire you to fight a bit harder and a bit longer. As necessary to your
security as an extra magazine, this book will help you identify threats to you,
your family, and your culture. Open carry (of this book) is encouraged. We hope
it will be a constant companion and a treasured possession. If you like it,
please review on Amazon, and tell your friends.
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five terms in the
Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming Collapse of the
American Republic. http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=booksandie=UTF8andqid=1304815980andsr=1-5 For a
free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s books are
listed here: https://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2023/06/books-by-robert-hall_15.html
His blog of political news and conservative comment is www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com. He was a
writer-editor in the My Life, My Story program as the Madison VA Hospital,
interviewing vets and writing up their life histories. He is now teaching chess
to kids after school.
Monday, June 26, 2023
The Education Exchange: Charter School Students Learn More than Traditional Public School Students, a New Study Finds
The Education Exchange: Charter School Students Learn More than Traditional Public School Students, a New Study Finds
Saturday, June 24, 2023
CNN Suddenly Goes All-In on Covering Biden Lies and Corruption
CNN Suddenly Goes All-In on Covering Biden Lies and Corruption
Friday, June 23, 2023
Brawls, Theft, Drugs: How Rampant Crime Turned Westfield Mall into a Symbol of San Francisco’s Decline
Brawls, Theft, Drugs: How Rampant Crime Turned Westfield Mall into a Symbol of San Francisco’s Decline
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Starbucks is Forced to Pay $26 Million to Manager Fired For Being White
Starbucks is Forced to Pay $26 Million to Manager Fired For Being White
Friday, June 16, 2023
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Random Thoughts for June, 2023
Random Thoughts for June, 2023
Robert A. Hall
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The most
common delusion is self-delusion.
“Luck is
the residue of design.” ~ Branch Rickey
Our
property assessment went up $5k. I wouldn’t mind if they’d spend it on police.
“Courage is contagious.” ~ Coffee Mug Slogan
I know
it’s not true. I read it in the newspaper.
“‘Emergencies’
have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have
been eroded.” ~ F. A. Hayek
I thought I would eventually become a forgetful
genius. I’m getting there; I’ve got the forgetful part down pat.
“Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an
eyewitness.” ~ Mark Twain
Blogger Dave Blaska (worth reading) calls
progressives, “The Woking Dead
“Forgive and forget. This is not difficult when
properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties and forgive yourself
for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.” ~
Mark Twain
If someone over 50 tells you their age, you are
required by custom to say, “You don’t look it!”
Half of most people’s troubles are self-created.
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” ~
Ram Dass
The next time someone is trashing western
civilization, remind them that since 1990, cancer death rates have fallen by
20% to 35% in the US, Canada, and western Europe (Source: Readers Digest).
Aren’t you glad you live in the west?
“Take the risk or lose the chance.” ~ Sign
Fame should be a byproduct of accomplishment, not an
accomplishment in itself.
In March, Traute Lafrenz, the last living member of
the White Rose Society, died in Germany at 103. If you don’t know what the White
Rose was, you need to find out.
“Who would have guessed that Bud Light would be
unable to tell a faint approximation from the real thing?” ~ National Review
Russians are arrested from putting flowers on the
bridge where dissident Boris Nemtzov was murdered in 2015. That’s all you need
to know about the re-sovietization of Russia.
Britain’s military has declined to a shadow of what
it once was, but they had us to protect them. Who will protect us if the
current decline in the US military is made permanent?
“The deeds of a kind man follow him like a shadow
all his days.” ~ Buddha
I read that unsolved murder rates are at a record
high.
“A Vermont school is replacing ‘Man’ and ‘Woman’
with ‘person who produces sperm’ and ‘person who produces eggs.’ It is also replacing teacher with ‘person
who produces confusion.’” ~ National Review. Well, at least they recognize that
men and women are different. This won’t last. The woke will attack them as
trans-“women” don’t produce eggs. ~ Bob
“The city is being destroyed by the migrant crisis.”
~ NYC Democrat Mayor Eric Adams
“Americans may have lost interest in terrorism, but
the terrorists have not lost interest in us.” ~ National Review.
“Twitter is the mob.” ~ David Harsanyi
“These policies to impose ‘equity’ by numbers are
racist to their core, and must be called out as such. I'm sorry various
minority members still carry scars from their own experiences or what they've
heard about, but to wallow in bitter victimization doesn't really help them and
those attitudes hurt society. We're watching the damage to our
institutions continue to climb, in a world and at a time when we
absolutely cannot afford to let it happen.” ~ Del
“A politician divides mankind into two classes:
tools and enemies.” ~ Nietzsche
If our little dog ate everything that we bring home
in doggie bags, he’d weight 500 lbs.
“Rights come from God, not governments.” ~ lawn Sign
During my campaigns, I made up bumper stickers that
said, “Fight High Taxes – Vote Republican.” Still true 50 years later.
“Civil rights used to be about treating people the
same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal
treatment is considered to be discrimination.” ~ Thomas Sowell
I suspect a lot of folks saying we should invest in
Gold are selling…Gold.
If white lives don’t matter to blacks, why should
black lives matter to whites?
“In certain basic respects — a totalitarian state
structure, a single party, a leader, a secret police, a hatred of political,
cultural and intellectual freedom — fascism and communism are clearly more like
each other than they are like anything in between.” ~ Arthur M.
Schlesinger Jr., Associate Professor of History at Harvard, New York
Times Magazine, Sunday, April 4, 1948
“Call me a magician, but I turned a back rub into
two kids and a mortgage.” ~ Mewe.com
“The first hundred years are the hardest.” ~ Proverb
Reality doesn’t change because you think it’s not
woke enough.
“There will come a time when you believe everything
is finished. That will be the beginning.” ~ Louis L”Amour
The Federal Bureau of intimidation must be abolished
and we must start over.
I heard they are changing the name to Federal Bureau
of Intimidation.
"Truth has become the new hate speech." ~ Pamela Geller
I was at an elementary school
where I teach chess. A male teacher, shoulder length hair, was wearing jeans
and a “Protect Trans Kids” tee-shirt. I wanted to tell him I had a shirt that
said, “Protect Kids From Trans Activists,” but the hoo-rah would likely have
gotten me fired from teaching chess.
Self-discipline is the most
important discipline you can have. Alas, it is in increasingly short supply.
Can they say of you, “He is a man
of honor”?
I got an email addressed to Carol
with a survey from Delta Airlines. I said I’m not Carol & I don’t fly
Delta. I also get email addressed to Donya about a seminar in Texas they want
her to attend.
Desperate people are dangerous.
You stand with the Jews or you stand with Nazis and
Jihadists.
“What is not good for the swarm is not good for the
bee.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
“The best is the mortal enemy of the good.” ~
Voltaire
“(Reporters are) like roaches, you know. Crush one,
and the others all run off into the shadows, But by the time you turn round,
there are throngs of them back again, happily feasting on your carcass and
spreading filth over your life.” ~ Hal Grey, Duke of Pardlow, fictional
character in Diana Gabaldon’s Go Tell the Bees I am Gone.
Being a person of color (not a colored person), gay,
or trans is now a top qualification for a job, overriding questions of
education, experience, or knowledge.
*****
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sacrifice of time.” ~ Emily
Email
from a guy in NC: “I bought four copies of your Quotes. I gave three to
friends and one is on my desk. GREAT WORK!” – Kirk. He followed up that
he bought a two more books for other friends! He also wrote a very positive
review on Amazon.
*****
Quotes for the Conservative Heart: Ideas as Weapons of Defense
Print $9.99:
Quotes for the Conservative Heart is a collection of over 1,900
quotes, thoughts, and adages that will make you think (which may be an
uncomfortable experience), which will help you defend yourself against ad
hominin attacks, and which will help your writing and speaking. They will
inspire you to fight a bit harder and a bit longer. As necessary to your
security as an extra magazine, this book will help you identify threats to you,
your family, and your culture. Open carry (of this book) is encouraged. We hope
it will be a constant companion and a treasured possession. If you like it,
please review on Amazon and tell your friends.
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five terms in the
Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming Collapse of the
American Republic. http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=booksandie=UTF8andqid=1304815980andsr=1-5 For a
free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s other books
are listed here: https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7362663422037727028/9086317755245136353
His blog of political news and conservative comment is www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com. He was a
writer-editor in the My Life, My Story program as the Madison VA Hospital,
interviewing vets and writing up their life histories. He now teaching chess to
kids after school.
Books by Robert A. Hall
Books
by Robert A. Hall
Quotes for the Conservative Heart: Ideas
as Weapons of Defense
Print $9.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B576XFSX?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
The Coming
Collapse of the American Republic: And what you can do to prevent it $12.99/$.99
Rude,
Crude, and Lewd Jokes: Something to Offend Everyone by Robert A. Hall. $6.99
The
Good Bits: The Marines, the Massachusetts Senate and Managing Associations $19.98
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1420888943/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i12
Chaos
for Breakfast: Practical Help and Humor for the Non-profit Executive $7.65
(Only
available used)
C.Y.A.:
Protecting Yourself in the Modern Jungle
$7.99/$2.99
https://www.amazon.com/C-Y-Protecting-Yourself-Modern-Jungle/dp/1481989103
Advice for my Granddaughter: For When I’m Gone $8.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/147004238X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4
Advice
for Boys: From an Old Marine $7.99
https://www.amazon.com/Advice-Boys-Marine-Robert-Hall/dp/1491295775
Old Jarhead Poems: The Heart of a Marine $8.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463766211/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i10
Share the Cup:
Poetry of Love and Life $8.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1475119178/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i9
The Hand of the Prophet: A Novel of Islamic America,
2053 $8.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1478160535/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i8
Eddie
Grabowski's Gift: A Marine Christmas Story $6.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1484165861/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5
The Old Jarhead's Journal: Random Thoughts on Life, Liberty, and
Leadership $12.99
https://www.amazon.com/Old-Jarheads-Journal-Thoughts-Leadership/dp/1490500162
The Old Jarhead's Seabag:
Short Stories, Essays and Irish Pennants $8.99/$3.99
If
you have read and liked any of my books, please review them on Amazon and tell
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*****
Better
than fifty Shades of Gray
Submissive: My Story $9.99
by Martha May McDunn (Author)
This manuscript
came to us through a third-party, so we have not met or spoken to the author.
We are inclined to believe that if it is not a thinly-disguised memoir, it is
highly autobiographical, as many first novels are. We would compare it to Fifty
Shades of Gray if we were sure it was a novel. We will let the reader
judge. It is a difficult book to pigeonhole—and to read. We have published it
as we have received it, with very little editing.
It details the
protagonist’s sexual awakening as a submissive. It does not contain teenage
intercourse, like the acclaimed novel Tampa, and many others, as she is
a virgin when she starts college. But she has the misfortune to be placed with
a foster father at 14 who is into bondage and discipline. Later in college, she
falls under the spell two sexually dominant men sequentially. The book details
only six years of her life, and the increasing trauma that her situation leads
to. She goes into graphic detail of her sexual abuse in college, in which she
was a willing participant. The book is dedicated to the mental health
professionals who came to her rescue.
For
Men Only: Adult Bedtime Stories
$2.99 Kindle Only
These short stories are
works of fiction. And resemblance to actual persons or places is entirely
coincidental. “Randy Andy” has been writing well-received erotic short stories
for men for several years. This is a collection of his best. Enjoy.
Women should not buy this
book. We can’t stop you, but trust us, you probably won’t
like it.